Real-time SEO guidance, schema, and AI built in. Help search engines and AI systems understand your content. All AI tools included, no hidden fees.
- Installs
- 10+ million
- Rating
- 4.8 (27.8K)
- Updated
- 4 days ago
XML Sitemap Generator for Google
Generate multiple types of sitemaps to improve SEO and get your website indexed quickly.
- Active installs
- 1+ million
- #56 of 1,000
- Downloads, all time
- 44.4M
- 44,428,473
- Downloads, 30 days
- 180.4K
- 40.9K in the last 7
- Rating
- 4.8 / 5
- 2,233 reviews
- Last updated
- 43 days ago
- Sep 18, 2026
- Version
- 4.1.25
- 38 releases
Upkeep and compatibility
| Last updated | September 18, 2026Updated in the last 3 months |
|---|---|
| Tested up to | WordPress 7.1.4Covers WordPress 7.1.4, the current release |
| Needs WordPress | 4.6 or newer |
| Needs PHP | 5.0 or newer |
| First published | June 16, 2005 |
| Support, last two months | 0 of 3 threads resolved (0%) |
Reviews
4.8 / 5 from 2,233 reviews
| 5 stars | 2,107 |
|---|---|
| 4 stars | 34 |
| 3 stars | 12 |
| 2 stars | 9 |
| 1 star | 71 |
Downloads, last 30 days
What the author says it does
Generate XML and HTML sitemaps for your website with ease using the XML Sitemap Generator for Google. This plugin enables you to improve your SEO rankings by creating page, image, news, video, HTML, and RSS sitemaps. It also supports custom post types and taxonomies, allowing you to ensure that all of your content is being indexed by search engines. With a user-friendly interface, you can easily configure the plugin to suit your needs and generate sitemaps in just a few clicks. Keep your website up-to-date and make sure that search engines are aware of all of your content by using the XML Sitemap Generator for Google.
The plugin supports all kinds of WordPress generated pages as well as custom URLs. Additionally it notifies all major search engines every time you create a post about the new content.
Supported for more than a decade and rated among the best, it will do exactly what it’s supposed to do – providing a complete XML sitemap for search engines!
If you like the plugin, feel free to rate it! 🙂
Related Links:
- Support Forum
License
Good news, this plugin is free for everyone! Since it’s released under the GPL, you can use it free of charge on your personal or commercial site.
Translations
The opening of the plugin's own description. The full text, installation notes and changelog are on its WordPress.org page.
Questions the author answers
How do I generate a sitemap for my website?
To generate a sitemap for your website, follow these steps:
- Install and activate the XML Sitemap Generator for Google plugin on your WordPress site.
- Once activated, the plugin will automatically generate a sitemap.xml file for your website.
- You can access the sitemap by appending /sitemap.xml to your website’s URL (e.g., https://example.com/sitemap.xml).
How do I submit my sitemap to search engines?
- Go to the Google Search Console and sign in with your Google account.
- Click on the “Sitemaps” tab and enter the URL of your sitemap.xml file (e.g., https://example.com/sitemap.xml).
- Click on “Submit” to submit your sitemap to Google.
- Repeat the process for other search engines like Bing, Yandex, and Baidu.
How often should I update my sitemap?
It’s recommended that you update your sitemap whenever you make significant changes to your website’s content or structure. This will ensure that search engines are aware of any new pages or changes to existing pages on your site.
What types of sitemaps does the plugin generate?
The XML Sitemap Generator for Google plugin can generate sitemaps in XML, HTML, RSS formats and in various types, including: Pages/Posts, Google News, Video, Image, Mobile, and more! Note: Some formats and types are only available to subscribers.
Can I include images and videos in my sitemap?
Yes, you can include images and videos in your sitemap using the Google XML Sitemap Generator plugin. This will help search engines like Google and Bing to crawl and index your media files more efficiently.
How does the plugin work with WooCommerce?
The XML Sitemap Generator for Google plugin is compatible with WooCommerce and can generate sitemaps for your online store’s product pages, categories, and tags. This will help search engines to index your products and improve your store’s visibility in search results.
Latest changelog entry
- Fixed “XML parsing error: XML or text declaration not at the beginning of the entity” on sitemap.xml. If a theme or another plugin printed anything before the sitemap started — a blank line after a closing PHP tag, a UTF-8 BOM, a debug notice — it landed in front of the XML declaration and the whole document failed to parse. That output is now discarded before the sitemap is sent.
Screenshots
Plugin options page 
Sample XML sitemap (with a stylesheet for making it readable) 
Sample XML sitemap (without stylesheet)
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Where this page's numbers come from
Read from the WordPress.org plugin API on , when WordPress 7.1.4 was the current release. WordPress.org rounds active installs into buckets. These are the directory's figures, not my verdict, and I haven't tested this plugin.